Legal Steps in Starting Your Own Private Practice - Part 1 (3 Hour)
This training includes step by step points to guide the reader in completing required tasks through legal entities in the state of Arizona.
This course is sponsored by Scottsdale Recovery Center in order to meet the requirements set forth in the Arizona Rules and Statutes for license renewal. While this course is designed with such regulations in mind, it is important to note that acceptance of CEUs is at the discretion of the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners.
Through lecture, discussion, and activities this training is designed to develop and strengthen clinicians’ knowledge of the legal and professional requirements of starting a private practice in the state of Arizona. This training includes step by step points to guide the reader in completing required tasks through legal entities in the state of Arizona. Once completed, it also outlines considerations in creating a private practice and creating a space suited for providing therapy services.
- Distinguish differences between LLC and Inc.
- How to register to submit Business Name
- How to complete and enter Articles of Organization
- How and where to register a Business Name
- Identify a Statutory Agent
- How to apply for tax ID number
- How and where to apply for business license in city where business will be conducted
- Information needed to obtain a business bank account
- Determine which professional services are necessary to run a practice
- Requirements for advertising a new business
- Considerations for hiring employees
- Suggestions for identifying potential clients
*This course reviews basic information regarding starting a business in Arizona and may not include all possible steps necessary for some clinicians. Each clinician is responsible for completing the requirements in their place of practice and following any guidelines or requirements which may be provided to them by outside entities. This training is provided based on experience of clinicians in the area and field, and the steps they were required to take. It also includes example information based on personal experience. Clinicians may experience differences in process and/or pricing of some of the information provided.*
**Please be advised, part one of this course may not count as clinical continuing education for the AzBBHE.**
Your Instructor
Charise Schwertfeger, M.S., LMFT
Charise received her graduate degree from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Arizona State University, cohort graduation December 2009. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings including public mental health, private community agencies, as well as private practice. She has also supervised graduate intern clinicians and associate clinicians in the community health setting and private practice setting. She is a member of various clinical organizations for therapists and has additional training in the areas of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Minon Maier, M.A., LMFT
Minon received her graduate degree from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at the University of San Diego, graduation May 2005. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings including public mental health, inpatient treatment, acute care, private community agencies, as well as private practice. She has also supervised graduate intern clinicians and associate clinicians in the community health settings as well as private practice. She is a member of various clinical organizations for therapists and has additional training in the areas of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).